2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

I WAS ENTERING A STRUCTURE PARKING AT LOW SPEED WHEN I NEEDED TO STOP TO GIVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR CROSS TRAFFIC , AT THIS TIME I PROCEEDED TO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE BRAKE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO STOP. (THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PRESS IT DOWN). LUCKILY I DID NOT STRIKE THE VEHICLE CROSSING AND AT THIS POINT I WAS USING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. I FURTHER REALIZED MY TRUCK WAS NO LONGER STOPPING ON DEMAND, BUT MORE OF ROLLING TO A STOP. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP ME BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY WHICH I THINK IS UNACCEPATABLE I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT OVER A WEEK TO TAKE MY TRUCK IN FOR THIS SERVICE. BRAKE FAILURE SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR ANY AUTOMOTIVE DEALER.MY TRUCK HAS ABOUT 33500 MILES AND I HAVE MAINTAINED AND SERVICED IT PROPERLY.

BAD LIFTER CAUSES ENGINE FAILURE AT 100,006 MILES. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION HAS EXTREMELY HARD SHIFTS FROM PARK TO REVERSE, AND SLIPS BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH. DOESN'T THROW ANY CODES SO DEALER SAYS IT'S FINE.BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY RUINING ITSELF. READING ALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS COMPLAINTS I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT RECALLED

OUR AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER WENT OUT AFTER ONLY OWNING THE VEHICLE 3.5 YEARS AND 70K MILES. WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. IT IS COSTING US $1100 TO FIX.

LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. HARD, STIFF BRAKE PEDAL TYPICALLY OCCURS AT SLOWER SPEEDS OR WHILE REPEATED BRAKING IN A SHORT TIME FRAME. THIS HAS HAPPENED SPORADICALLY OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE TRUCK.

THE BRAKES LOSES PRESSURE AT LOW SPEEDS. THE PEDAL FEELS SOFT. THERE IS NO BOOST TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS MAKES BREAKING VERY DIFFICULT. THERE ARE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS ON DASH TO NOTIFY OF PROBEM

NOTICED PAINT IS FLAKING ON PASSENGER REAR DOOR NEXT TO THE WINDOW NOW THE OTHER DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS NOW PEELING. DEALER WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM DUE TO TRUCK BEING OUT OF WARRANTY BY 3,000 MILES.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUSH DOWN AND WOULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK WITHIN THE NORMALLY EXPECTED STOPPING DISTANCE. MOST OF THE TIME THE BRAKES WORKED PERFECTLY FINE - THIS ISSUE SEEMED TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY, BUT AFTER IT HAPPENED ENOUGH TIMES I REALIZED IT WAS ONLY HAPPENING AT SLOW SPEEDS. IT HAPPENED TO ME IN A COUPLE PARKING LOTS, THE DRIVE-THRU AT MCDONALDS, AND WHILE BACKING UP A TRAILER. THESE INCIDENTS WERE SEPARATED BY MANY MONTHS, WITH THE BRAKES FINE IN BETWEEN. IT WASN'T UNTIL I RECEIVED THE SERVICE BULLETIN LETTER FROM CHEVY THAT I FULLY REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO VERIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP AND THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN FINE SINCE. CHEVY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST BECAUSE I WAS BEYOND THEIR 72,000 MILE LIMIT (ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED BEFORE I WAS AT THAT MILEAGE), SO I PAID $561 OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE NEW PUMP INSTALLED. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL. I REALIZED THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME WHICH WAS WHEN I WAS BACKING UP THE TRAILER FOR MY KIDS BOY SCOUT TROOP AND FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO STOP QUICKLY. I HAD TO LEAVE THE TRAILER WHERE I GOT IT TO STOP INSTEAD OF WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO PLACE IT.

MY TRUCK ENGINE STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD OUT OF NOWHERE AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I IMMEDIATELY EXIT THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS FORCE TO DRIVE AND THE SHAKING NEVER WENT AWAY. THE LIGHT FOR THE ENGINE ON THE DASH BOARD STARTING TURNING ON AND OFF AS I DROVE THE TRUCK SLOWY OUT OF THE FREEWAY. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD NEVER TURN ON BEFORE THIS INCIDENT . I TOOK MY TRUCK IMMEDIATELY TO FIRESTONE, THAT'S WHERE I DO ALL MY TRUCK SERVICES. THEY RUN SOME TEST TO SEE WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO FIX IT. AFTER INSPECTING MY TRUCK THEY FOUND THAT MY ENGINE HAD A ISSUES AN IT NEED IT TO BE EITHER FIX OR REPLACE. THEY ASK TO TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASE MY NEW TRUCK AT THE TIME THAT I BOUGHT IT AND TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE ENGINE WAS BAD AND THEY NEED IT TO CHECK THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEIR IS A TBS IN THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE AND IT COULD BE ONE OF THE DEFECTIVE ENGINES THAT WERE MADE DTC P050D AND P0300 ARE THE CODES. REFERENCE #PIP5498K. BUT IF THOUGH I HAD THAT INFORMATION TO THE. DEALERSHIP SERVICE TECHNICIAN HE IGNORED THAT AN TOLD ME THAT I ORDER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT MY TRUCK FOR THAT PROBLEM THAT I NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT WAS $2500. I EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT IT COULD BE A DEFECTIVE ENGINE FROM THEM BUT HE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WAS OVER MY WARRANTY COVERAGE SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO INSPECT IT I HAD TO PAY. AND DIDN'T WANT TO HELP ME.

I WAS AT A STOP SIGN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE TRUCK STEERING LOCKED UP AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN A DRIVE THRU FAST FOOD PLACE. I'M SCARED IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ME TO WRECK WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHEN IT HAPPENS AND MY LIGHTS, RADIO, AND DOOR LOCKS GO OUT THEN COME BACK ON.

THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT SHAKES ALL THE TIME ABOVE 50 MPH. HAS SHAKEN SINCE PURCHASED.